Can we ever transcend our representations of the external world? Is our knowledge undermined by the contingency of our beliefs? Philosopher Amia Srinivasan discusses these questions and others with the ORB.

On 30th January 2018, Helen Dunmore was posthumously awarded the Costa Book of the Year Award for her poetry collection, Inside the Wave. In her memory, we are publishing the transcript of the last interview she gave, which was printed in embedded form in the first issue of the ORB.

In her latest book, Anne Sebba asks what it felt like to be a woman living in Paris from 1939 to 1949. In an interview with Ollie Thicknesse, she elaborates on the importance of writing history about women, and on the intricacies of writing from a female perspective today.

The third part of the ORB’s interview with Kwame Anthony Appiah, leading philosopher and public intellectual. Following the publication of Appiah’s new book ‘As If’, Daniel Kodsi talks to him about standpoint epistemology, political divisions in society, small-c conservatism, no-platforming, and Appiah’s new book.

The second part of the ORB’s interview with Kwame Anthony Appiah, leading philosopher and public intellectual. Following the publication of Appiah’s new book ‘As If’, Daniel Kodsi talks to him about the contrast between transgenderism and transracialism, the personalities of distinguished 20th-century philosophers, green card marriages, and Trump.

In a three-part series, the ORB interviews Kwame Anthony Appiah, leading philosopher and public intellectual. Following the publication of Appiah’s new book ‘As If’, Daniel Kodsi talks to him about the very beginning of his career, professional philosophy, and nonsense.

Colm Tóibín’s new novel and Helen Dunmore’s latest poetry collection both revamp ancient stories – but do they justify themselves as retellings? Is plausibility always lost to a strong ideological purpose?